MUIR, John.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth.
First Edition of John Muir's The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
$450.00
In Stock
Item Number: RRB-151041
* Custom Clamshell Boxes are hand made by the Harcourt Bindery upon request and take approximately 60 days to complete
First edition, first issue of Muir's autobiography of his youth, with the biting criticism of his neighbor's treatment of his son on p. 217: "...none was bold enough or kind enough to break the blacksmith's jaw" (Kimes 315). Octavo, original publisher's illustrated cloth with gilt titles and black stamping to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Muir, illustrated with sketches by the author. In very good condition.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth.
$450.00
In Stock
Other Books by this Author
